Documents / Official release
This Gerald R. Ford Library folder of Ford Congressional Papers holds material from Ford's broadcasts in 1965 and 1966. It contains correspondence with WJR station manager James H. Quello and drafts of Ford's June 1965 "Your Government" radio report on congressional imbalance, Vietnam and Cuba, along with budget remarks. It also includes Ford's March 25, 1966 on-air statement calling for a congressional investigation of UFO sightings near Ann Arbor, Michigan, a Great Society documentary script and a Meet the Press transcript with Indira Gandhi.
“United Press”7 pages
Without any indulgence in partimanship, I am sure we can agree that a strong two-party system is bedrock assurance that our Democracy will survive, prosper, grow and help others in the world to accept their responsibilities in the society of free nations. Now---- if you will allow me to comment on the Republican Party, which is out of power and a minority in Congress---- I believe we must earn the confidence and trust of the American people. xByxenzningxenxandxxstowxzthuzwordxenzningxenx By earning this respect----and I stress the word "earning"----we can bring a better balance to Congress and retain a strong two-party system, which is desperately needed to maintain our Democracy and to make this a better Nation. Thanks for listening. I am happy to have this opportunity to speak with the WJR listening audience. BERALD R. FORD LIBRARY
Official release, from the nara collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is under it. The text was read from the page images by an OCR model; expect the odd misread word. 88 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.